Faculty - UCSF Dept. of Community Health Systems

Faculty Name, Title, E-mail Download: Faculty/Staff Directory (MS Word)	Specialty	Area of Interest Link: Faculty Research Activities
Specialty Key: ANP = Adult Nurse Practitioner; ACHIN = Advanced Community Health & International Nursing; NHSL = Nursing & Health Systems Leadership OH = Occupational/Environmental Health; Psych = Psych/Mental Health Nursing For a list of faculty by specialty, click on the individual specialty above. MEPN = Master's Entry Program in Nursing
Abercrombie, Priscilla RN, PhD HS Assistant Clinical Professor -WOS Nurse Practitioner priscilla.abercrombie@ucsfmedctr.org	ANP	Focus Area: Complementary and Integrative Health
Bain, Cathy, RN, MS Academic Coordinator, Director of International Academic Services and Director of Special Studies cathy.bain@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	ACHIN	Focus Areas: Cultural Competency, International Student Relations
Blegen, Mary RN, PhD, FAAN Professor mary.blegen@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	NHSL	Focus Area: Patient Safety Research Program: Quality and safety of patient care. Nurse staffing in hospitals and nursing homes. Medication safety. Hospital unit safety climate. Theoretical Focus: Quality health outcomes models. Structure, process, outcome, context.
Burgel, Barbara RN, PhD, COHN-S, FAAN HS Clinical Professor barbara.burgel@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	ANP/OH	Focus Areas: Advanced Practice, Primary Care, Occupational Health Nursing
Chafetz, Linda RN, DNSc Professor linda.chafetz@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	Psych	Focus Areas: Severe Mental Disorders, Treatment Outcomes of Psychosocial Interventions, Wellness, Co-morbidity. Research Program: Studies on mentally ill adults and their families including predictors of course of illness, measurement of treatment outcomes, studies with high-risk groups including those with alcohol/drug related and medical co-morbidities. Theoretical Focus: Severe mental disorders, social & community support, behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapies, theories of health behavior change, illness management.
Collins-Bride, Gerri RN, MS, ANP HS Clinical Professor and Vice-Chair for Faculty Practice gerri.collins-bride@nursing.ucsf.edu	ANP	Director, Faculty Practices Focus Areas: Community Practice, Psychiatric Nursing, Primary Care Practice: Nurse Practitioner, Progress Foundation Houses
Dawson-Rose, Carol RN, PhD Associate Professor Co-Director, International Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Clinical Training in Nursing carol.dawson-rose@ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	ACHIN	Focus Area: Global Health Nursing, HIV/AIDS Research Programs: Drug users, harm reduction and quality of care, prevention for HIV positives. Theoretical Focus: Community health environment, health care access, harm reduction.
Delisser, Rosalind APRN-BC, NP HS Assistant Clinical Professor rosalind.delisser@nursing.ucsf.edu	ANP	Focus Area: Adult Health
Dennehy, Patricia RN, MS, FNP Assistant Clinical Professor-WOS Director, Glide Health Services pdennehy@glide.org	ANP	Focus Areas: Nurse Managed Health Centers, Care for Underserved, Chronic Disease Management. The Faculty Practice at Glide Health Services provides free/low cost and culturally competent medical care 's to the homeless, underinsured, and underserved communities in San Francisco and opportunities for students to gain experience in community nursing.
Dreier, Fran RN, MS, FNP, MHS HS Associate Clinical Professor fran.dreier@nursing.ucsf.edu	ANP	Focus Areas: Community Practice, Primary Care Practice: Nurse Practitioner, Progress Foundation Practice
Fleming, Mary Louise RN, MSN, PhD Academic Coordinator and Vice Chair for Administration marylouise.fleming@nursing.ucsf.edu	-	Focus: Faculty Development
Grundland, Hattie RN, MS, NP HS Assistant Clinical Professor hattie.grundland@nursing.ucsf.edu	ANP	Focus Area: Adult Health Clinical interests: Primary care delivery to uninsured and homeless populations, asthma management in primary care, community outreach
Hirsch, Jane RN, MS HS Clinical Professor Director, Nursing & Health Systems Leadership (Administration) jane.hirsch@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	NHSL	Focus Areas: Health Services Administration, Quality, Ethics, Patient Safety
Holzemer, William L. RN, PhD, FAAN Professor, Associate Dean, International Programs; Director, International Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Clinical Training in Nursing bill.holzemer@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	ACHIN	Focus Area: Living Well with HIV Infection Research Program: HIV/AIDS; quality of care, quality of life, symptom assessment, symptom management, medication adherence, stigma, health disparities. Theoretical Focus: Systems theory, variation in practice, quality of life, adherence.
Hong, Oisaeng RN, PhD Associate Professor Director, OH Program oisaeng.hong@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	OH	Focus Areas: Health and safety in working populations, noise community based healthexposure and hearing loss, underserved immigrant workers. Theoretical Focus: Worksite and behavioral interventions using information technology and tailoring, global network in occupational and environmental health. Research Program: Computer-Based Parent/Adolescent HIV Communication Intervention for Latinos; risk factors for hearing loss in Older Mexican Americans; the prevalence of smoking, alcohol, and depression among construction workers; web-based survey of hearing protection behavior in workers of six power plants in Korea
Janson, Susan RN, ANP, DNSc, FAAN Professor, CHS Adjunct Professor, Medicine susan.janson@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	ANP	Focus Area: Asthma Therapy Research Program: Asthma Self-Management. Cueing patient-clinician collaboration to improve asthma therapy. Improving adherence to asthma therapy. Health care delivery system-based approaches to Chronic Illness Care. Asthma Control in Adults with HIV-AIDS. Theoretical Focus: Clinical symptom manage-ment; self-management of chronic illness; medication adherence, chronic illness model.
Johnson, Kathryn MSN, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC HS Associate Clinical Professor kathy@ebold.com	Psych	Focus Area: Psychopharmacology, mood disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
McGirr, Kevin RN, MS, MPH HS Associate Clinical Professor kevin.mcgirr@nursing.ucsf.edu	MEPN	Focus Area: Psychiatric Nursing
Mock, Jeremiah MSc, PhD Assistant Adjunct Professor; Assistant Adjunct Professor Dept. of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, School of Medicine jeremiah.mock@ucsf.edu	ACHIN	Focus Area: Health anthropology, well-being and community health Research Program: Global health; health and social development in Southeast Asia and Japan; poverty and health; tools for participatory planning and evaluation; cultural patterns of tobacco use, refugee and immigrant health; environmental health. Theoretical Focus: Action research; community-based participatory research, Freirian adult education and transformation; Buddhist health promotion
Oka, Roberta RN, ANP, DNSc Associate Professor roberta.oka@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	ANP	Focus Area: Cardiovascular Disease Research Program: Translation of cellular/molecular/ biologic principles to improve functional capacity and reduce chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular disease. Theoretical Focus: Physiological theory: Vascular cell biology and exercise. Primary and secondary disease prevention, Behavioral change theory, Adherence, Quality of life, self-management.
Phoenix, Beth RN, PhD HS Associate Clinical Professor Director, Psych Program beth.phoenix@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	P	Focus Areas: Health Promotion, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research Program: Substance abuse treatment; mental health service needs of adults with complex psychiatric and substance abuse disorders; impact of spirituality on mental health and illness. Theoretical Focus: Health promotion; empowerment. Qualitative methodology. Current Projects: Clinical trial of medication and structured psychotherapy for cocaine dependence.
Portillo, Carmen RN, PhD, FAAN Professor and Chair Associate Director, International Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Clinical Training in Nursing; Coordinator, HIV Minor carmen.portillo@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	ACHIN	Focus Areas: Health of Hispanic Populations, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDs Research Program: Latina health; HIV/AIDS, medication adherence, symptom management, quality of life; Latina women living with HIV/AIDS; international HIV/AIDS curriculum and faculty training. Theoretical Focus: Systems theory; quality of care; culture; community-based research.
Proctor, Shiela RN, MS, MPH HS Assistant Clinical Professor shiela.proctor@nursing.ucsf.edu	MEPN	Focus Area:Community Health
Saxe, JoAnne RN-C, ANP, MS HS Clinical Professor Associate Director, ANP Program joanne.saxe@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	ANP	Focus Areas: Health Assessment of Individuals, Families and Communities; Program Planning; Clinical Decision Making; Clinical Management of Common Primary Care Conditions; Chronic Care Model, Lifestyle Modification and Patient Education; Learning Styles; Adult Clinical Pharmacology, Nurse Practitioner Regulatory and Legal Issues; and Innovative Nursing Practices.
Seago, Jean Ann RN, PhD Professor jean.ann.seago@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	NHSL	Focus Area: Impact of nursing systems and other organizational systems on patient outcomes and safety Research Program: Nursing systems, health care systems, and workforce issues as they relate to patient, provider, and system outcomes. Theoretical Focus: Systems theories, outcomes, organizational behavior
Segovia-Bain, Rossana RN, MS, NP, COHN-S HS Assistant Clinical Professor rossana.segovia-bain@nursing.ucsf.edu	OH	Focus Areas: Musculoskeletal injuries, Environmental health, Occupational health
Spetz, Joanne PhD Associate Adjunct Professor jojo@thecenter.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	NHSL	Focus Area: Health care labor markets and quality of care Research Program: Nursing labor markets, economics of the hospital industry, hospital information systems, maternal-child health, cost-effectiveness analysis, econometrics. Theoretical Focus: Economics, public finance, econometrics, cost-effectiveness analysis.
Stringari-Murray, Suzan RN, MS, ANP HS Clinical Professor Director, ANP Program suzan.stringari-murray@nursing.ucsf.edu	ANP/HIV	Focus Area: Community Practice, HIV
Taylor-Woodbury, Jean RN, MS, ANP HS Assistant Clinical Professor jean.taylor-woodbury@nursing.ucsf.edu	ANP	Focus Area: Adult Health
Terry, Michael RN, FNP, PMHNP HS Assistant Clinical Professor michael.terry@nursing.ucsf.edu	P	Focus Area: Psychiatric family nursing, traumatic stress
Waters, Catherine RN, PhD Professor Director, ACHIN Program catherine.waters@ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	ACHIN	Focus Area: Prevention of cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and cancer via lifestyle adjustment. Research Program: Health promotion and illness prevention; lifestyle behaviors, focusing specifically on physical activity and nutrition, in ethnic minority populations using culturally-focused and community-based interventions. Theoretical Focus: Sociocultural and socioecological perspectives; social-cognitive-behavioral theory; and community-based, participatory action research.
Weiss, Sandra RN, PhD, DNSc, FAAN Professor sandra.weiss@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	Psych	Focus Area: Child and family mental health, with an emphasis on infancy and early childhood. Research Program: Infant and child mental health; childhood trauma; effects of family functioning and early tactile experience on child mental health; the use of videotape as an analytic tool; psycho-biologic measures; instrument development and testing. Theoretical Focus: Developmental neuroscience; cognitive-behavioral theory; attachment theory; sensory physiology.
White, Mary Castle RN, MPH, PhD Professor mary.white@nursing.ucsf.edu Faculty Profile Page	ACHIN	Focus Area: Improving the health care and health care outcomes of incarcerated populations and those at high risk for incarceration. Research Program: Correctional health care, infection control and infectious disease; tuberculosis and HIV among jail inmates. Theoretical Focus: Epidemiology
Ziehm, Scott R. RN, ND Clinical Professor scott.ziehm@nursing.ucsf.edu	Psych MEPN	Assistant Dean, Masters Entry Program in Nursing